2 women, one of them pregnant, killed as electric pole falls on them in Bengaluru; JCB driver detained
The police said two children who were with the women sustained injuries in the incident which occurred in Bengaluru’s Suddaguntepalya area.
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The police said the incident occurred when Sumati, 35, and Soni Kumari, 35, were taking the children home after tuition classes. (Express Photo)The Baiyyappanahalli police registered a case after two women pedestrians, one of them pregnant, died and their two children sustained injuries allegedly after an electric pole fell on them during an ongoing road repair work in Bengaluru on Monday evening. A JCB driver has been taken into custody in connection with the incident.
The deceased have been identified as Sumati, 35, and Soni Kumari, 35, residents of the Suddaguntepalya area. Soni was four months pregnant. The police said the incident occurred when they were taking the children home after tuition classes.
Officers said Soni, who is originally from Bihar, had been living in the city for the last eight years with her two children, while Tamil Nadu native Sumati lived with her husband and two children.
The police said repair work was underway at Suddaguntepalya Main Road when a JCB driver accidentally hit an electric pole while reversing the vehicle. The pole collapsed on the women and children.
Upon receiving information, a team from Baiyyappanahalli police station arrived at the scene, seized the JCB, and nabbed its driver.
Local residents were furious after the incident and claimed that the JCB driver was wearing headphones and when the vehicle came in contact with the wire, he couldn’t hear the locals shouting at him. “It was nothing but murder,” said Bharath A, a resident of Suddaguntepalya.
In the wake of the accident, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said Tuesday that he has directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to take precautionary measures while carrying out works.
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